Christmas Day

Christmas morning. All the kids had matching pj's and aunt Hayley looks like she didn't get enough sleep.

Mom made us a delicious pancake breakfast to start the morning off right. And dad whipped up some smoothies.

Then the line-up on the stairs. Nolan and Rease are so ready to see if Santa found them at Grammie's house...

It looks like he did!

The highlight of the day for Rease - Princesses galore! She became a princess herself with her new dress and crown. She still wears it almost everyday.

And this car was a hit with all the kids. We stuck the babies in together and look how cute they are!

Nolan and Rhen managed to open one of the ornaments that had these little blue specks inside. They were everywhere and even after a few hours there were still a few of them lingering about...

That night we gathered all our talents together and had a family talent show. Britt and Chad were in charge and the rules were that everyone had to participate and there would be no complaining. We managed to scrape together a few hidden talents.

Chad and Britt did a magic trick

Nolan named all the twelve apostles

Justin showed us some new guns

Steph displayed some of her paintings

Josh and I did a Christmas rap

Rhen showed her "waving" and "saying no" tricks

Rease did somersaults and monkey jumps

Hayley and Caleb played a duet

Mom opened the time capsule from 5 years ago

Dad played the "whistle game"

It was such a fun event and I am amazed at how talented our family - I had no idea!

After the talent show we started our 1st annual Christmas Bingo. The kids played one round and then went to bed.

Then it was time for the adults to have some fun! Mom had about 50 presents and 20 gift cards/cash on the money tree with the biggest prize a $100 bill. We played bingo for about 2-3 hours and all ended up with some really fun (and funny) things. Caleb came away the big winner with the $100 and a $20 bill along with a bunch of other cool gifts. Chad and Britt ended up with a cute pink purse that for some reason Chad didn't seem to happy about having! After all the presents were gone we were given 8 minutes of "bartering" and then the gifts were final. That was the best part of all! Josh and I , after the bartering was done ended up with some great things and some cash and gift cards to go along with it. What a fun holiday tradition! We had such a fabulous Christmas and didn't want it to end. But eventually Chad, Britt and the boys had to go home and we all had to go back to normal life. Thanks for such a great holiday everyone!